José Behra

Joseph Eduard Robert Christian "José" Behra (born September 11, 1924 in Nice , † November 16, 1997 in Mougins ) was a French motorcycle and car racer .

Career

José Behra was born three years after his brother Jean Behra and like him made a career in motorsport. The Frenchman was the owner of a Ford dealership in Puteaux .

After a few years as a motorcycle racer, Behra began car racing in the late 1950s. He celebrated his first international success in 1955 at the 1000 km race of Monza , a race organized by the Italian state lottery company. While his brother Jean, the race together with Luigi Musso on a plant - Maserati 300S won, José Behra also finished the race in a Maserati (in this case a A6GCS ) in twelfth.

In 1956 , as a partner of his brother, he finished fifth in the Tour de France for automobiles and made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans a year later . At the 24-hour race in western France, he drove a Maserati 200SI together with Frenchman Lèon Coulibeuf . For the duo, after a leak in the fuel tank after driving 137 laps, the premature came out. In 1958 he drove a Ferrari 500TR registered by the North American Racing Team at Le Mans ; this time the Mexican Pedro Rodríguez was his teammate. After an engine failure, he did not finish again.

His biggest success in motor sports in 1963, he celebrated the victory at the Tour de France for automobiles in the plant - 250 GTO Ferrari with Jean Guichet . After the 1970 tour (with Jean-Claude Andruet in the Ligier JS1 ), which he could not finish, he retired from racing and dedicated himself to selling vehicles until his death.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1957	Léon Couliboeuf	Maserati 200SI	Léon Couliboeuf	failure	Leak in the tank
1958	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 500TR58	Pedro Rodríguez	failure	Engine failure
1962	Automobili OSCA	Osca 1600GT Zagato	George Arents	failure	Gearbox damage

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
1957	Léon Couliboeuf José Behra	Maserati 200SI	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
							DNF	DNF
1958	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 250TR	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
							DNF
1962	Osca	Osca 1600 GT	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
										DNF
1963	Jean Guichet	Ferrari 250 GTO	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
																							1
1964	AGACI	NSU Prince	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
																			34

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. 2 volumes. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

• Results at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Monza 1000 km race in 1955